“Tell me what you want, what you really, really want” might not seem like a pioneering or innovative lyric on the surface, however when...

On 7th October 1986, the metal world changed forever. Slayer, the underground thrash band, had released their third album Reign In Blood,...

On its 50th anniversary, Tom Liversidge revisits Pink Floyd's sixth studio album Meddle. Anytime I happen to listen to Meddle, or hear...

If I told you that The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance turns 15 years old today, I doubt you’d believe me, because it feels like our...

Free from the Britpop constraints of Oasis, Noel Gallagher’s debut record with the High Flying Birds allowed the Mancunian rocker to...

Prince’s conceptually sound 1981 album Controversy - named after the titular track - is an under-valued classic. Whilst Prince’s...

You Me At Six released their third album Sinners Never Sleep on 3rd October 2011 – exactly ten years ago to the day. So, Gemma Cockrell...

An emphatic debut album from American alternative-rock band The Fray, How To Save A Life celebrates its 16th anniversary today. Amrit...

With The Beach Boys' recent release of Feel Flows, a major box-set compilation centred partly around their 1970 album Sunflower, Owen...

Surf’s Up remains the darkest and most difficult artefact of The Beach Boys’ long and storied career. A year into the 70s, it was clear...

Concise, intense and self-confident, The Stroke's debut album pleased critics and thrilled fans. On the day of its 20th anniversary,...

A sharp, incendiary album in a decade considered to be the pinnacle of the Grunge era, Pearl Jam’s Ten (1991) is no less than a testament...

Driven by equal parts angelic guitar chords, heartbreak and cocaine, the story of emotional turbulence which provides its backdrop, is...

The Mic explores the significance of the Talking Head's 'Remain in Light', both sonically and culturally.

Benedict Watson returns to 2009 to re-live the spirited masterpiece that kickstarted one of Britain’s most loved indie-rock bands.

For our Classics Revisited feature, Owen White unpicks the wordless refrains and miserable truisms of Prefab Sprout's ‘Steve McQueen’.

Dire Straits’ fourth album reflected what gave Mark Knopfler a prestigious name: brilliant musicality, beautiful lyrics and iconic guitar.

In 2005, Animal Collective released one of the defining artistic statements of both the idiosyncratic era and their career.

For the latest installment of our Classics Revisited series, Louis explores a love story across the ages and the beautiful album it birthed.

In the latest instalment of our Classics Revisited series, Tristan Phipps unravels the story behind The Beatles' Revolver.